The first 5G+VR Spring Festival Evening in TV history

Last updated Feb, 03th 2019

Introduction: Recently, China Unicom officially announced that the 2019 Jiangxi Satellite TV Spring Festival Gala (which will be broadcast on February 3) will launch 5G+360°8K VR to watch the Spring Festival Evening. This is the first ultra-clear panorama based on 5G network in TV history. VR Spring Festival Evening.

Recently, China Unicom officially announced that the 2019 Jiangxi Satellite TV Spring Festival Gala (which will be broadcast on February 3) will launch 5G+360°8K VR to watch the Spring Festival Evening, which is the first ultra-clear based on 5G network in TV history. Panorama VR Spring Festival Evening.

Jiangxi Unicom adopts 5G technology and VR panoramic video solution to deploy multiple 8K ultra-high definition panoramic cameras in and out of the stadium for simultaneous shooting. After splicing and video encoding and decoding, it will be quickly transmitted back through 5G network. Video transcoding is implemented for different terminals such as VR glasses and mobile phones. Jiangxi Unicom technical staff said that VR has very high requirements on bandwidth and delay. VR advanced experience and even extreme experience require bandwidth of at least 1 Gbps. Strong interactive VR requires less than 10 ms for round-trip delay. Only 5G network is large. Bandwidth and ultra-low latency can ensure that the video has no dropped frames and no jams, which meets the user's experience requirements. 5G brings unlimited possibilities to the immersive experience of VR virtual reality, and will drive VR video to accelerate and mature.

2019 will be the first year of 5G development, and 5G technology and applications will be vigorously promoted. On January 16, China Unicom announced that it has opened the world's first 5G mobile phone field call based on the latest version of 3GPP, and took the lead in enjoying the WeChat, video and other exciting applications under the 5G network.

CCTV Spring Festival Gala broadcasted on February 4 this year will realize 5G network transmission of ultra-high-definition content. The Jiangxi Satellite TV Spring Festival Gala broadcasted on the 29th (February 3) will become the first in global TV history. Taiwan's 5G+VR technology for the Spring Festival Gala, viewers can directly use the mobile phone screen instead of VR head-mounted display, naked eyes to watch the party HD picture.